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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST KADOW, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE WESTLAKE MACHINE COMPANY,

OF TOLEDO, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

GLASS-BLOWING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters intent.

Patented Dec, 4, 1917.

Application filed November 18, 1912. Serial No. 731,956.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, AUoUs'r Kaoow, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Glass-Blowing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

.y invention relates to glass blowing apparatus, andhas for one of its primary objects to provide certain improvements in the construction of the spindle or glass blowing implement disclosed 111 my co-pending application Serial No. 628,226, filed May 19, 1911, and forming a partof the glass blowing ma chine shown and described as a. whole in my co-pending application Serial No. 570,621, filed July 6, 1910, the first named applica tion being a division of the latter, to cover particularly the construction of the spindle and the mechanisms employedfor giving the spindle its various movements.

tain novel a e improvements upon'the. spindle and its operating mechanism sought to be coveredherein consist, among other featu es to be hereinafter more full}? described. of cor rrangements and devices whereby the air has a clearer and more unobstrueted passageway through the spindle,

I than .in the original construction, whereby the movement of the various parts is made more positive and certain, whereby the tendency of certain parts of the spindle coming into contact with the blank to over'cocl the same in certain places is overcome whereby the air pressures delivered to the blank are more accurately controlled. bypreventing leakage, and whereby the structure and organizat-ion of thespindlenre simplified and cheapened.

A. further objectof the inventionis to provide the spindle with certain devices and structural arrangementsby means of which the parts of the spindle adjacent the blank may be kept c 1 by the application of blasts of air;

A further object is to provide bearings for the main shell or casing of the spindle of a characterto permit; the spindle to be 1 quickly and conveniently dismounted from the machine if occasion require.

A further object is to make an improvemerit. in the construction of the mechanismfor oscillating the spindle a vertical plane whereby these movements, which are'relativelysho'rt and intermittent, will "be accomreferablv with the admission. of a2 ments being preferably accompanied by the introduction of compressed air into the interiorof the blank. In the machine asoriginally constructed these movements were sometimes jerky-with the result that the elongationof the blank took place unevenly and. sometimes was overdone.

A Further object of the invention is to modify the mechanism for swinging the spindle from its vertical position, with the blank upward, to the reversed position so that it will be stopped momentariiv pref. erablv in a position few degrees from the horizontal. It has been discovered, after considerable experiment. that better results are obtained. under certain conditions, [or reasons which will be hereinafter more fully explained, if the spindle, after it has re ceived the blank, is turned into th s tion and revolved on its longitudir interior of? the bian'k, before it is L so as to invert the blank and st. .ng by the oscillating movements above inen-- tioned.

The invention has for a further object to provide certain devices whereby thc'blinh, when first received. on the spindle, maybe cooled by the application of air.

The invention has for further obit-iris the other new and improved, devices, arrangements and constructions relating to glass blowing mechanism shown in the drawings annexed hereto and vwhich will be hereinafter fully described and claimed. The invention is illustrated, in a preferred embodiment, in the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a'fragmentary side elevationof i a glass forming machine such as that shown in my applicationSerial No. 570,621 above referred to, provided with the improvements constituting the present invention. ig. 2 is an elevation of the some parts taken from the side.

Fig. 3 is a-longitudinal sectional View ofi the spindle or glass blowing implem nt shown in inverted positiomthat is, with the blank downward. Fig. .4 is an enlarged sectional plan taken -on line- H of Fig. 3.

5 is a view, in perspective, er the plunger-forming part of the spindle structure.

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same.

Fig. 7 is a sectional plan taken on line 7-7 of Fig. 6.

I Fig. 8 is a view, in perspective, of the separately formed metal tip of the plun e1.

9 is a View similar to Fig. 6 il nstrat- 1o ing a modification.

Figs. 10, 11 and 12 are longitudinal sectional views taken through the outer end, middle portion and inner end, respectively, of the spindle.

15 Fig. 13 is a sectional view'on line 13--'18 of Fig. and upon a similarly designated line on Fig. 14.

Fi 14 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectiona View taken on line 14-14 of Fig. 13,

2 being at right angles to the plane of Fig. 10.

Fig. 15 1s a sectional view taken on the lines designated 1515 on Figs. 10 and 16.

F ig. 16 is a fragmentary longitudinal section taken on line 16-46 of Fig. 15. Fig. 17 is a sectional View on the lines designated l717 0n Figs. 11 and 18.

Fig. 18 is a fragmentary longitudinal sec tionalview on line 18-48 of Fig. 17. i Fig. 19 is, a sectional plan illustrating particularly the cam governing the swinging movements of the spindle. Fig 20 is a vertical sectional view on line 20-2Q of Fig. 1.

Fig. 21 is a fragmentary sectional plan on line 21'-21 of Fig. 1 but omitting the spindle I Y I Fig. 22 is a sectional view on line22-22 of Fig. 20. Fig. 23 isa detail sectional view, in the 4. same plane as Fig-20, illustrating the mechanis'm employed for swinging the spindle.

Fig. 24 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 24.2& of Fig. 23.

Fig. 25 is a view, in perspective, of the worm rack forming a part of this mecha nism. V

Fig. 26 is a sectional plan taken on line eel-26 of Fig.1.

Fig. 27- is a sectional plan on line 27-27 59 of F 1g. 1, certain parts being omitted.

Figs. 28 and 29 are views, in perspective,- of the' valve-operating cams shown in the preceding figure.

. Fig. 30 is a sectional plan of the arrangementsfor air cooling the spindle.

Fig. 31 is a sectional plan on line 31-31 ofFig. 2. 1

Fig. 32 is a fragmentary plan view illustrating the mechanism for opening and 2 60" closing the air valves shownin theprecedingtwo figures.

Fig. 33 1s a sectionalplan. on line 33 33 of Fig. 30'.

. Fig. 34 is a frontview of the b eforemem titioned air valves.

Fig. 35 is a vertical sectional view taken on line 35-35 of Fig. 1.

Figs. 36 and 37 are sectional views taken on lines 36--36 and 37-37, respectively, of Fig. 35.

Fig. 38 is a. vertical secthmal view showing the apparatus for coolingthe blank after being deposited in the-spindle.

Fig. 39 a sectional plan of this apparatus.

.Figs. 40 and 41 are/detail sectional plans taken on lines 40 l0 and 1141, respectively, of Fig. 38. a

Fig. 42 is a sectional plan of the air nozzle forming a part of this apparatus, and 30 Fig. 1-3 is a fragmentary end elevation of the apparatus with certain parts shown in section.

Like characters of reference designate like parts in the several figures of the drawings. 5 The machine of which the devices consti tuting the present invention form a part, is designed particularly for forming glass vessels such as electric light bulbs by a series of automatically-performod operations. It will be obvious, however, that the improven'ients of this invention are not necessarily limited to a machine for making electric ligl'it bulbs. The improvements concerned might be made use of in other sorts of autor'natic glass forming apparatus where similar conditions prevail.

gathering mechanism "55 which is. adapted to be thrust into the working opemngo'f a glass furnace, a spindle which is designed to receive the body or blank of glasscollected by the gathering mechanism, means brim} troducing compressed air into the blank through the spindle, a. mold'56 in which the finishing operation on the-article is performed, and certain mechanisms actuated,

in a largepart, by cams on the stationary drum for causing the gathering mechanism,

spindle and lclank to perform the required operations necessary for the production of the finished article.

.' This inventionconcer ns more particularly the construction of the'spmdle and certain mechanisms associated therewith.

- I 126 The spindle movements 1 understanding of the construction of the sp1ndle a nd its actuating mechanisms Wlll'bQ facilitated by a, correctapprehension 130 of the movements which the spindle is required to make and the operations that are performed thereby.

' At thebeginning of each cycle of opera- 5 tion the spindle is in vertical position with the end a opted to receive the blank turned upward, that is, it is in a position just the reverse of that shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings herein. The spindle stands 19 directly under the blank mold 57 of the gatherlng mechanism, the spindle and gathering mechanism having been brought into alinement by certain mechanisms such as those shown in my application 570,621 which need not be here described.

Beginning with this position of-the'parts the following movements and operations are performed by the spindle: v I

(I) Preferably the spindle is first raised bodily toward the gathering mechanism.

'.(2) The blank holder 58 at the outerthat is in this position of the spindle the upper-end of the spindle is lowered and the jaws 59 opened out. The blank is discharged from the blank .mold of the gathering mechanism and received into the space between the open jaws59.

(3) The jaws 59 are closed and the blank holder 58 is thrustupward so that'the blank is firmly gripped between these parts.

(4), The spindle is lowered bodily so that the blank will clear. the gathering mechanism. i I

(5) The plunger 60 is thrust into the'in-- ner end of the blank for thepurpose of giv ting the blank a firm set in the holding devices and for other reasons. I

(6) The plunger 60 is withdrawn andair forced into the blank through the spindle. At the same time certain portions of the spindle are preferably rotated on the lon gitudinal axis of said spindle so as to revolve the blank.

(7) The spindle is then turned to a posi- 65 tion preferablya trifle oblique to the horizontal with the blank holding en'd pointing upward, this position. being shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1: the revolution of the spindle on its longitudinal axis and the admission of air preferably continuing while the spindle is in this position. a i

(8) The spindle is then inverted, that is, turned-with the blank downward and in this position is swung back and forth. The rotaintermittently or otherwise continue; operation elongates the blank.

(9) The oscillating movements of the spindle cease, leaving the spindle in a vertical position with the elongatedblank downward= The blank mold 56 closes en-band the blank and the blank is revolved by the revolutionof certain parts of the spindle on the longitudinal axis thereof. i

This (10);,Thc .bl'anli mold: opens and is low idly secured one to the other. casing 61 'is slidably mounted in bearings provided/on a yoke 63 (Figs. 2 and 20), the

tion may stop but the admission of air may -.79 formed in the yoke 63.

ered'to clear the blank, the blowing of which dle disclosed in mypending appliaaaticns above referred to except that the machine described in said applications did not provide for moving the spindle to and holding it in the oblique and intermediate position described in paragraph (7). i

The spindle.

The operative parts of the spindle are contained in and attached to or built upon a cylindrical casing or shell consisting of a main casing 61 and an outer casing 62 rig- The main latter being formed with a hub 64 which is rotatably mounted in acasting-'65 secured to apair of the upright columns 53.

Threaded on the casing 61 is a grooved collar 66 held in place/by the lock nut 67.

'Mounted on a pivot 68 extending between the arms of the yoke 63 is a bell crank 69,

one arm of which is in the form of a fork 7 O,

the members of which are provided with rollers 71 extending into the groove of the collar 66.;The other arm of the bell crank 69 consists of a fork 72 embracing the end of a sleeve 73 located within the hub 64% of theyoke 63. The extremities of the fork 72 are formed with slots '74: into which project pins 75 on the sleeve 73. The-spindle is raised and lowered by reciprocating the sleeve 73 within the hub 74. The-mechanism for accomplishing this is the same as that referred to and need not be. here described. The inner end of the casing 61 (the terms inner and .outer as applied tothe spindle being used to designate the'end atwhich the air is admitted and the blank hhlding end. respectively) is formed with gear teeth 76 which are meshed (Fig.

20) with a gear wheel 77 on ashaft 78 turning in a hearing The opposite shown in my pending applications above and Of this shaft carries a bevel gear 80' meshed by a-bevel gear Bil one shaft 82 extendmg through the sleeve 73. 1 The casing 61, 62 of thespindle is rotated on the longitudinal axis of the spindle .by imparting I'D:

tary movement to the shaft 82. The mocha-- .nism for accomplishing this is the same as that shown in my pen'di applications above referred to-and needll i ot be here de scribed.v

I The jaws 59 are pivotally mounted on hinge pins 83 (F 2 and on the outer section (32 ot' the main casing. The jaws are connected by links to arms 85 formed on a sleeve which surrounds the casing 62 and the upper part of the casing 61. A

spiral spring 87 is interposed between a tion of which, designated 93, is reduced in diameter so as to provide a space for a spring 91. This spring bears upon a hearing ring 95 at the outer end of a hard metal bushing 96 which secured to the interior of the shell 61 by screws 97. Secured to the reduced portion 93 of the sleeve is a cylindrieal hard metal element 98, the parts 92,

98, 98 forming a single'rigid,.hollow structure.

The plunger is secured. to the end of a hollow stem 99 carrying on its inner end a nut 100. A spring 101 is interposed be tween the nut 100 and a bearing ring 102 which stands against the end of the blank holder 58. Within the sleeve 91 is a hollow rod 103 carrying a nut- 104: on its outer end. This rod extends through the hollow structure 92,03, 98 and is anchored in a casting 105 slidably arranged in the end casing; 196 of the spindle. The latter hassccured thereto theliollop; extension i which intervenes between the main casing 61 and the sleeve 98. iLraceway formed in the casing 106, extension 107 andsleeve 98, adapted to. receive the balls 108. All'of the parts of the spindle except the end casing 106, 107, eas

ing *105 and hollow rod 103 rotate when the main casing 61 is rotated by neans of the gear 77. A spring 109 is interposed 'be tween the casting 105 and a bearing rin 110. fitted against shoulder 111 tonne on the inside of the casing 106. The casting 105 has a neck .112 which projects through a slot 113 in the casing 106. The castin '105. isformed with a duct 114 which eads through the neck 112 ltothe bore of the hol- 16w "rod 103.

air pipe 116 on the rotating frame of the machine (Figs'l and. 2). Theend casing 106 is'kept from rotation by means of a roller-1 17 carried on the end of an arm 118 which is secured to the yoke 63 in which the spindle has its bearings.

The other structural features ofthe spindle be best'described in connection with the description of the operative movements raising 61 are considerably longer.

' A flexible hose 115 connectsthe duct in the neck 112 with a compressed and the jaws 59 opened by the following arrangements: The end of the casing 106 is provided with a projection 119 against the up'pcr surface of which is brought to hear a fork 1520 '2) which, at the proper v 1522 (Fig. 10) on the blank holder comes into contact with the upper end of the mam casing extension which limits the downward or inward u'lovement oi the blank holder. i

Two pins 123 (Figs. 10, 15 and 16) extend through slots 12% in the sleeve 86 and through slots 125 in the. main casing 61 and are fixed in sleeve 92. The slots 12-1 are relatively short while the slots in the main When the sleeve 92 is drawn down far enough so that the pins 123 come to the bottom of the slots. 124, whichlis after the blank holder 58 has dropped to its lower position, the sleeve 86 'is drawn down with the sleeve .92. As the jaws 59 are linked to the sleeve spring and 87 are compressed when the sleeves liQ'and 88 are drawn downwardly to open the jaws 59.

The bank A (Fig. 10 is discharged from the athering mold 5'? into the end of the v spirit le so that the flange or projection. A of the blank is supported upon the end of the blank holder 58. The fork 120 is rocked away from its. engagement with the pro- I iection 119 on the casing 106 which allows the springs 94: and 87 to close the jaws 59.

A. fllftl181 upward movement of the sleeve 9'2 and the sleeve 91,- under the expansiveaction of spring 91 forces the blank holder 58.- upward soQthat the flanged portion A of the blank'A is squeezed between the blank.

holt'ler and the jaws. The purpose of this is,

first, to firmly attachthe blank to'the spindie, and, second, to seal this connection against the escape of the compressed air subsequently admittedto the blank;

The spindle as a whole isthen lowered that the blankwill clear the gathering mech anisin; this movement heingefiected by a r rocking In' oveme'nt of the bell crank 69' as previouslyflescribed.

The plunger. 60 is next thrust into the inner end of blank A. The purpose of this I 'is, first, to-make an indentation in the end the complete sealing of the blank to the end of the spindle. The plunger, it will be remembered, is secured to the end of a hollow rod 99 with which elines the hollow rod 103 secured to the air intake casting 105 in the casing 106. The spring 101 normally holds the plunger against a shoulder 129 formed on the blank holder 58. The casting 1 05 is formed with a stem 130 (-Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 12)v which projects through the cap piece 131 of the casing 106 andis provided with the hard metal tip 132 Mounted on a bracket 133 .(Fig. 2) on the frame of the machine, is a lever 1341 which, when. thespindle is in the position just descrised with the blank uppermost, is adapted to be brought against the tip of the stem 131 so i as to force the casting 105 upwardly in the As'soon as the lever-134i releases the stem 13% the springs 109 return the/casting 1105 and rod 108 to their normal position. The

' spring 101' acting on red 99 retracts the plunger.

By making the plunger operating, rod in two sections a quick action 1s obtained so that the contact oi. the plunger not ,overcool the blank. If the rod be made with the blank is instantaneous and does in-one piece its length makes it difficult to The 'air is now admitted to thebla nk 40'th'rough the flexible tube 115 (Fig. 2), the

keep'ittr'ue in its bearings.

portll-l. in the casting 105, the hollow rods 103, 99, and through certain ports in the plunger which will be described in connection with the description of the lunger. 'In order to prevent leakage of air mm the spindle a packing 135 surrounds the upper endiofthe hollow rod 103, (Fig. 10), the packing being interposed between a nut 136,

- in the lower end of the sleeve 91, and a slid- (lei- 139 formed .on the interior of ing collar137 in said sleeve against which bears a spring 138 abutting against a shoulls t e sleeve 91'.

th gea During this period the rotatable parts of the spindle .may be rotated intermittently infopposite directions through the action of 76, 77 and the mechanism above mentioned/for actuating the gear 77.

I The spindle'is .then turned to a middle andfpreferably an oblique position with. the

if end carrying the blank a few degrees above the horizontal. by "the mechanism which will Zbe Qhereinafter described under the heading swinging inechanism. The same "mecl'm'nism'us employed for rinverting the nah-a m s indie and then oscillating the same with t e blank hanging downward. The blank is then inclosed'in the, blank mold 56 and rotated therein after which the mold is withdrawn and the finished'bulb discharged by opening the jaws 59. The movements of the parts necessary for discharging the blank or the neck portion thereof are as follows:

A collar 140 is slidably arran ed on the main casing 61 (Fi s. '1, 2, 11, 1 and 18). The collar 1&0 is iforated and provided with bushings 14:1 to receive the ends of the screw pins 142 which pass through slots 143 in the main casing 61 and are screwed into the jaw-ectuating sleeve 92. The same fork 120 (Fig. 2) which is rocked to engage the projection 119 on casing .106, when the spindie is in vertical position with the blank uppermost, is rocked so that it is brought to bear against the collar 140 when the time comes 'for discharging the blank from the spindle in its inverted position. The fork 120 bears against the under side of the collar 140, as shown in Fig. 2 and raises the collar, that is, moves it ina directionaway from the blenkl' The pins 1 12 move through the slots 143 in the casing 61but being fast to the-sleeve 92, carry the sleeve 92 upward with them. The pins 123, previously referred to, are rigidlyfixed to the sleeve 92, works opens the jaws 59 so as to allow the blank to be discharged. e y

The sleeve 9]. and the blank-holder 58 '95- ing iii-slots in thecasing 61. When th'efi sleeve 92 moves upwardly these" ins engage goo attached thereto are kept'irom falling outr' of the spindle when the latter is in inverted. n;

position and the jaws are open by means of the screw pins 144 (Figs. 10, 13 and 14) I which are fixed to the main casing-61, 62

and extend through slots 145 in the sleeve 86 and project into grooi es 146 formed in the sleeve 91'.

'Thespindle ewihgivjf These devices are sho n' particularly -in Figs. 1, 2,1 26, 22, 23 and 125. Y

The sp'mdle', as above stated, is supported by a yokei63, the hutLMof which. is r0- tatably mounted in 3. 'ca ting 65. secured to mechanism.

the frame of the machine The casting is cored out to form a housm 147. Within this housing and keyed to t e hub 64 is a gear 148 meshed with a gear 149 on a .countershaft 150 mounted in bearings 151 in the casting 65. On the end of this eountershaft is a worm pinion-1'52 which meshes with a worm rack 153 secured :to aslide plate 154. by means 01E a screw 155flwhich= is anchored:

in a lug 156 on the slide plate and by'means of the clamping bars 153" and screws 153.

The pitch surface of the me 153 instead of 

